Feast!

A gathering of good friends and a sumptuous feast is a perfect way to celebrate the New Year.
 My friend Nicky has the most beautiful home and we decided to hold a dinner party there.

 Everybody brought along a plate of treats and I had great fun making my favourite starter

and some homemade sweets

There was a wonderful selection and when all was laid out we couldn't decide whether it looked more like a Medieval Banquet or a Sultan's Feast...

Nicky lives in a colourful, eccentric house full of her amazing paintings and murals.
Every corner is a treat for the eye

I love her cornflower mirror

and one of her newest paintings

Everybody was in the best of spirits

Sitting around the table we felt festive and fabulous!

The ladies were elegant...

And the gentlemen manly

( I asked them to look manly and this happened....)

It was a very good way to see out the old year and welcome in the new and was summed up by the rather lovely coincidence of two friends who by chance, bought each other identical Christmas presents.



Happy 2012 Everyone